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john roberts just performed one of those acts, he was judicious looking at the obama health care act from all angles, how from each perspective the act does or does not pass mustard with the constitution. he did so as he said today, looking for that angle from which the obama measure could be ruled to square with this country's organizing document, admitting to looking for it until he found it. so the big question, what pushed him, what made him look until he found the route to the obama health care act to constitutional acceptability, what was it that encouraged him, john roberts, to find the taxing authority, the provision he believed gave obama's act its okay by the constitution.[b]çói well, my hunch knowing justice roberts and his wife just a bit, he wanted to do good and went looking for a way to do it consistent to his oath to respect the constitution. he wanted to protect both. that's the heart of it, and the one shot this country has in looking at the welfare of all our people and the one way it could square with the constitutionally limited government. there is in our chu
john roberts just performed one of those acts, he was judicious looking at the obama health care act from all angles, how from each perspective the act does or does not pass mustard with the constitution. he did so as he said today, looking for that angle from which the obama measure could be ruled to square with this country's organizing document, admitting to looking for it until he found it. so the big question, what pushed him, what made him look until he found the route to the obama health...
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john demartin is politico's senior political writer. i don't want to jump ahead in this story. i think they think they're still probably facing romney. is that correct? >> they still think they're probably facing romney and he's still the stronger candidate against barack obama but hard to ignore the fact that rick santorum has won four states and now is leading in these national polls. >> are they rooting for santorum? the other night in chicago, axelrod and those guys, are they basically saying, come on, rick? >> they've seen, though, the vulnerabilities that mitt romney is displaying. >> who has more? >> rick santorum is a more target-rich environment. >> his rap sheet -- >> for a general election, absolutely. >> problem with women and gays. his rap sheet is -- >> the obama path, they think, is to go in states like nevada, colorado, so-called enclaves of upscale suburbanites who don't have cultural baggage, who are not hard core partisans, moved away from the gop in the last six years. santorum is a nominee, that's a good contrast for president obama. >> that's a bonus. >> y
john demartin is politico's senior political writer. i don't want to jump ahead in this story. i think they think they're still probably facing romney. is that correct? >> they still think they're probably facing romney and he's still the stronger candidate against barack obama but hard to ignore the fact that rick santorum has won four states and now is leading in these national polls. >> are they rooting for santorum? the other night in chicago, axelrod and those guys, are they...
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a one-term president, but really mitch mcconnell in a lot of ways is like john boehner. an old-time dealmaker. people like jim demint can't stand people like that. they feel the party has become to easy to capitulate. remember with the budget control act when democrats were screaming bloody murder and thought the president had capitulated? guess what? on the far right they thought john boehner and mitch mcconnell had capitulated and lost that negotiation. they want the party further and further to the right. what demint specializes in doing is finding candidates to primary other republicans and to try to push the party further and further to the outskirts. >> what do you think of that? >> i think there's some truth to that. what is interesting to me is that during the bush years, where were all these voices when all the spending was going on? >> he wasn't -- >> there's a certain level of disingenuousness there. you have to be careful in making these broad brush -- >> let me ask you a question. if you were back at your old job, rnc chair, you may be there again for all i
a one-term president, but really mitch mcconnell in a lot of ways is like john boehner. an old-time dealmaker. people like jim demint can't stand people like that. they feel the party has become to easy to capitulate. remember with the budget control act when democrats were screaming bloody murder and thought the president had capitulated? guess what? on the far right they thought john boehner and mitch mcconnell had capitulated and lost that negotiation. they want the party further and further...
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we begin with mark halperin, and john hileman, he is a correspondent, and a political analyst. how did you get the title senior, mark? >> i tipped the doorman. >> i have been away for a week, president obama and myth romney are pushing two very different agendas on taxes and economic growth. here was the president pushing the buffet rule which the senate is set to take up next week, let's watch. >> if that's the choice that members of congress want to make, then we're going to make sure every american knows about it. if you make more than a million dollars annually, then you should pay at least the same percentage of your income as middle class families do. and i intend to keep fighting for this fairness and balance until the other side listens. because i believe that's what american people want. >> and mitt romney embraced the ryan plan that cuts taxes on the wealthist americans. he frames it about tax cuts. >> this president believes in higher taxes. he doesn't want to say that, he just wants to do that. i want to reduce the marginal tax rates across the board for everyone in
we begin with mark halperin, and john hileman, he is a correspondent, and a political analyst. how did you get the title senior, mark? >> i tipped the doorman. >> i have been away for a week, president obama and myth romney are pushing two very different agendas on taxes and economic growth. here was the president pushing the buffet rule which the senate is set to take up next week, let's watch. >> if that's the choice that members of congress want to make, then we're going to...
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what does team obama have in common with the ron paul crowd? anything? how about the fact that both of their playbooks include linking mitt romney with george bush? check out the billboard gracing this roadside in las vegas. john ralston of the las vegas sun summed it up. the message is unmistakable. ron paul is like ronald reagan and mitt romney is like george w. bush. the latter is not meant kindly. i swear, folks, the republicans here are better than any act on the strip. it is not even close. >>> as for singing, enter barack's dubs. a youtube sensation. they put together mashups. president obama's speeches with the words of popular songs. this time as a team hit "call me baby." actually, "call me maybe." ♪ this is crazy, so call me baby ♪ ♪ it's hard to do right, have you a, here's my number ♪ ♪ so call me baby ♪ hey i just met you and this is crazy ♪ ♪ here's my number, so call me baby ♪ ♪ and here's my number, so call me maybe ♪ >> that's as close to the president serenading for real. finally. roll tape. state representative j
what does team obama have in common with the ron paul crowd? anything? how about the fact that both of their playbooks include linking mitt romney with george bush? check out the billboard gracing this roadside in las vegas. john ralston of the las vegas sun summed it up. the message is unmistakable. ron paul is like ronald reagan and mitt romney is like george w. bush. the latter is not meant kindly. i swear, folks, the republicans here are better than any act on the strip. it is not even...
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as you saw this whole thing unfold between hillary and barack obama. it ginned up their base, created media excitement. the party kind of went through the old school versus new school kind of discussion. so in looking at that, the 2008 delegates said, look, for 2012 we will suspend our rules for one time. it's never happened before. unlike the democrats. they can change their rules in between conventions. the rnc, you cannot. the only time the rules change is at convention every four years. they allowed the next chairman, tah-dah, to come in and rewrite or at least look at a new design for the rules. what we took into consideration was what happened in 2008 and for 2012, wanted to expand the field. create a bigger table for more candidates to have an opportunity to get their message before the base. this was less about establishment washington. this was less about the old school, well, you're next in line so, therefore, you get the nomination. and more about atloig base to have a greater say in who the nominee would be. you are kentucky, georgia, missi
as you saw this whole thing unfold between hillary and barack obama. it ginned up their base, created media excitement. the party kind of went through the old school versus new school kind of discussion. so in looking at that, the 2008 delegates said, look, for 2012 we will suspend our rules for one time. it's never happened before. unlike the democrats. they can change their rules in between conventions. the rnc, you cannot. the only time the rules change is at convention every four years....
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now barack obama has done it. we'll speak to two members of congress in just a moment for their reaction. but i want to begin with what happened inside the supreme court today. joining me now is jeffrey rosen, law professor at george washington university and legal editor of "the new republic" and ian millhiser. he was inside the courtroom today. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> jeff, let me start with you.
now barack obama has done it. we'll speak to two members of congress in just a moment for their reaction. but i want to begin with what happened inside the supreme court today. joining me now is jeffrey rosen, law professor at george washington university and legal editor of "the new republic" and ian millhiser. he was inside the courtroom today. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> jeff, let me start with you.
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the obama people keep on wanting more and more and more. more things to pick through, more things for their opposition research to try to make a mountain out of and to distort and be dishonest about. >> there's a cheap shot. he goes after teresa heinz. excuse me, there used to be chivalry. what was this about? why won't he respond and give us some of the tax returns? what's the worst case that he knows but we don't? >> you know, chris, you've missed a wild two weeks. you've been missed by myself and other reporters at "huffington post" and others. there were also reports about his secret funds in bermuda, cayman islands. and so what i think is, people kept saying the conventional wisdom is you get the stuff out, you take a hit, it's better than a slow bleeding wound which is what you've got now. >> unless it's really bad. unless it's really bad. >> opening up your chest cavity is worse than a slow bleeding wound. and i think just judging from what i've looked at and other people have looked at in the past few weeks, if you put out these tax
the obama people keep on wanting more and more and more. more things to pick through, more things for their opposition research to try to make a mountain out of and to distort and be dishonest about. >> there's a cheap shot. he goes after teresa heinz. excuse me, there used to be chivalry. what was this about? why won't he respond and give us some of the tax returns? what's the worst case that he knows but we don't? >> you know, chris, you've missed a wild two weeks. you've been...
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thank you ed rendell, thank you john. coming up, where are the democratic surrogates that should be out there supporting obama? why don't we hear from the loyalists? where are they? we will find out. the nbc wall street journal poll, these are strange group of people, by the way, republican money men think they figures a way it hit obama at hardest. very interesting what their plan is, we figure that one out. let me finish with the central condition of the obama campaign. will democrats going to back him on this campaign, economic fairness this is "hardball" place for politics. >>> new poll numbers from pennsylvania. let's check the "hardball" score board. according to a new ppp poll, obama has a comfortable lead in the state. eight point spread there. obamacare rid the state in 2008 by 10 points. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." i love how clean my mouth is now. but why doesn't it last? well, plaque quickly starts to grow back. [ dr. rahmany ] introducing crest pro-health clinical rinse. it actually k
thank you ed rendell, thank you john. coming up, where are the democratic surrogates that should be out there supporting obama? why don't we hear from the loyalists? where are they? we will find out. the nbc wall street journal poll, these are strange group of people, by the way, republican money men think they figures a way it hit obama at hardest. very interesting what their plan is, we figure that one out. let me finish with the central condition of the obama campaign. will democrats going...
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more of them back then john kerry did. he has a uphill battle. he will not carry that demographic, but this says look at this guy who pretends to care about you. this is his job experience, this is what he brings, this is the mind-set that he brings to "fixes the economy." he did not fix it for these steel workers that gave their lives to that steel mill. here they are talking in their own words about what governor romney did to them. >> very interesting, joan, because the washington post had a poll on how candidates are doing with noncollege white voters. and mitt romney was ahead of the president 61 to 31. so you're saying these ads speak directly to that type of voter? >> yes, and in the voices of that type of voter. it's not you or me talking about what president or machinery has done, it's these voters telling them what happened in their own lives, i think it's a very, very powerful add for that reason. >> mitt romney released an ad claiming he created jobs at the steel plant, let me show you that. >> steel dynamics s
more of them back then john kerry did. he has a uphill battle. he will not carry that demographic, but this says look at this guy who pretends to care about you. this is his job experience, this is what he brings, this is the mind-set that he brings to "fixes the economy." he did not fix it for these steel workers that gave their lives to that steel mill. here they are talking in their own words about what governor romney did to them. >> very interesting, joan, because the...
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go to the campaign, what was the main knock on barack obama by john mccain? can we trust him in the world? can this guy lead in a dangerous world? does he have the experience? it is a remarkable turn around that four years later as a poll point out and lots of other polls point out too, obama's clear strength over mitt romney is terrorism national security. it just shows you that old alignments, and aagree with you. forever it was democrats, education -- >> when hillary clinton went to the right of obama in the campaign -- >> yeah. >> which was, by the way, aimed at the same kind of thing. >> we are way past the point of this president where, you remember dukakis felt like he today get in the tank. >> he didn't have to look like rocky the squirrel. >> didn't need the helmet. >> that helmet killed him. >> yeah, it was terrible. but barack obama has taken away this aspect of the republican party's franchise. you saw this week the only thing they were able to say is that he is spiking the football. they wouldn't criticize him for policy. >> in politics, it is ab
go to the campaign, what was the main knock on barack obama by john mccain? can we trust him in the world? can this guy lead in a dangerous world? does he have the experience? it is a remarkable turn around that four years later as a poll point out and lots of other polls point out too, obama's clear strength over mitt romney is terrorism national security. it just shows you that old alignments, and aagree with you. forever it was democrats, education -- >> when hillary clinton went to...
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look, john boehner and barack obama both do not want their legacies to be just years in this case would be four years of inaction between 2010 and 2014. i think there is some im pe tus to get it done. again, i can't tell you the big issue here enough, the $250,000 tax cuts, which side is going to blink first on the game of chicken. even if president obama is not re-ele re-elected, it wouldn't surprise me if he let them all expire, all coupled together in the name of deficit reduction because it would be hard to make them law again because anything that adds to deficit cannot be passed with reconciliation and won't have a 60 feet majority in the senate. the 250 k number is the ball game. >> luke russert, our eyewitness to the high stakes game of chicken that is occurring and will continue to occur in the lame-duck session of congress. >> tastes like chicken, my friend. >> thank you as always for the intel. >> be well. >> governor romney claims that u.s. used to promote free enterprise around the world and, quote, our president doesn't have the same feelings about american exceptionalism
look, john boehner and barack obama both do not want their legacies to be just years in this case would be four years of inaction between 2010 and 2014. i think there is some im pe tus to get it done. again, i can't tell you the big issue here enough, the $250,000 tax cuts, which side is going to blink first on the game of chicken. even if president obama is not re-ele re-elected, it wouldn't surprise me if he let them all expire, all coupled together in the name of deficit reduction because it...
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in the words of john sununu, quote learn how to be an american. it is to convince the working class white guy that obama is not one of us, he is one of them, a foreigner, usurper with the enemies, and mitt romney is overseeing every word of it. cynthia tucker is a columnist and ronald reagan, msnbc political analyst. cynthia, watching it all as i described it, everything going on, voter suppression, lingo, attack on the president s sympathizing with the bad guys, never heard such a comprehensive effort to describe him as not american or in league with the enemy. your thoughts? >> this is all about appealing to racially resentful whites. and i have to tell you, i have been very disappointed and surprised by mitt romney's running his campaign this way. i met him back in 2007 when i was still editorial page editor at the atlanta constitution. he seemed smart, savvy, moderate, reasonable, and honorable, but i have to tell you, once he started running those outrageous ads on welfare, i knew he had put his conscience, if he has one, in a blind trust for
in the words of john sununu, quote learn how to be an american. it is to convince the working class white guy that obama is not one of us, he is one of them, a foreigner, usurper with the enemies, and mitt romney is overseeing every word of it. cynthia tucker is a columnist and ronald reagan, msnbc political analyst. cynthia, watching it all as i described it, everything going on, voter suppression, lingo, attack on the president s sympathizing with the bad guys, never heard such a...
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. >>> coming up, president obama and house speaker john boehner meet again at the white house, and the two sides are inching closer to a deal on the cliff. the hard part of both men will be selling the deal to their own people. >>> plus, the national rifle association has gone silent since the newtown massacre. are they laying low hoping the country's outrage subsides? they're hibernating. they're in their bunker now. we'll see what they're up to. >>> new details from the 2012 election. yes, we now know how the obama campaign responded behind the scenes after the president bombed in that first debate. we've got the authors of politico's new ebook on the campaign's final days. >>> let me finish with why no one on the right ever blames president obama or any president for these shooting sprees, because they don't want them to do anything about them. this is "hardball," the place for politics. progressive insurance. you know, from our 4,000 television commercials. yep, there i am with flo. hoo-hoo! watch it! [chuckles] anyhoo, 3 million people switched to me last year, saving an average o
. >>> coming up, president obama and house speaker john boehner meet again at the white house, and the two sides are inching closer to a deal on the cliff. the hard part of both men will be selling the deal to their own people. >>> plus, the national rifle association has gone silent since the newtown massacre. are they laying low hoping the country's outrage subsides? they're hibernating. they're in their bunker now. we'll see what they're up to. >>> new details from...
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late today john mccain hammered president of the ad. shame on barack obama for diminishing the memory of september 11th by keling)it ino a cheap attack add." it was one just in a series. ended the war in iraq, exit plan for afghanistan. the president praised the military role in all of that today when he addressed 10,000 troops at fort stewart, georgia. >> you have performed heroically in some of the most dangerous places on earth. you have done everything asked of you and more, and you have earned a personal place in our nation's history. >> joining me now is michael eric dyson, an ann lis, and georgetown university professor. thank you for coming on the show. what do you think about the romney campaign calling this video about bin laden devicive. he took offense to president obama and his tactics, methods, and strategies for killing osama bin laden, and now he is attacking him for acknowledging this deed was done, a major act of foreign policy that was incapable -- the previous administration was incapable of performing. even by repu
late today john mccain hammered president of the ad. shame on barack obama for diminishing the memory of september 11th by keling)it ino a cheap attack add." it was one just in a series. ended the war in iraq, exit plan for afghanistan. the president praised the military role in all of that today when he addressed 10,000 troops at fort stewart, georgia. >> you have performed heroically in some of the most dangerous places on earth. you have done everything asked of you and more, and...
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it's the obama generation. famed pollster john zogby joins me. finally, zero inflation for the second straight month. economic stats for july suggest no recession. i'm going to the board to show you how. we begin tonight on the road with paul ryan, the vice presidential candidate is visiting his alma matter. cnbc's eamon javrs joins us from oxford, ohio, with the details. good evening. >> good evening. paul ryan a few seconds ago finished up a speech to a large crowd at the miami university of ohio. he's class of 1992 from this university. he got a fabulous recession from a partisan crowd that cranked up the music. i'm sure you can hear it. one of the points he made in the piece that wrapped a few seconds ago is he told this crowd the debate will be about medicare. he heard what the president had to say today about medicare. he told this republican crowd, we want this debate on medicare, we need this debate on medicare, and we are going to win this debate on medicare. that was a big applause line. the second biggest applause line is one he's been
it's the obama generation. famed pollster john zogby joins me. finally, zero inflation for the second straight month. economic stats for july suggest no recession. i'm going to the board to show you how. we begin tonight on the road with paul ryan, the vice presidential candidate is visiting his alma matter. cnbc's eamon javrs joins us from oxford, ohio, with the details. good evening. >> good evening. paul ryan a few seconds ago finished up a speech to a large crowd at the miami...
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in 2008 john mccain betrayed his frustration when he referred to barack obama as "that one." let's listen. >> your bill on the floor of the senate, loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies and it was sponsored by busch and cheney. you know who voted for it? might never know. that one. you know who voted against it? me. >> where did you come up with that phrase, that one? what will be the clues tonight to tell us in real time who's winning. ste steve kornacki, co-host of "the cycle." you start with your biggest clue. you've said already, i've seen on my screen, who's winning the definition, meaning who's defining the debate in their terms. how does that go? explain. >> romney has always wanted this race to be a referendum. he's made a mistake because people have of telegraphing their big question, do you want another four years like the last four years? if the president wants a strong comeback, he can pull the debate into what he's done the last few months, the ground of choice. who stands up for the middle class, who favors the few, build prosperity by strengt
in 2008 john mccain betrayed his frustration when he referred to barack obama as "that one." let's listen. >> your bill on the floor of the senate, loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies and it was sponsored by busch and cheney. you know who voted for it? might never know. that one. you know who voted against it? me. >> where did you come up with that phrase, that one? what will be the clues tonight to tell us in real time who's winning. ste steve...
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and if you look at this, for president obama versus john kerry, again looking at this through '04 and the 12 lens the president did the same thing. topped him by five points in the industrial metropolis counties and increased the campus centers by a point in those counties. in fact, it was not a surprise. according to the director of the patchwork nation project he was on the show back in july and here is what he said about where the election would be won and lost. >> i can tell you right now with a pretty good degree of certainty how nine of the types are going to go in the fall. i mean, i know which ones are going to go democratic and republican. it isn't complicated. there are a couple -- but it is about the margins and whether or not you can paear a couple poins off the worker centers or if romney can take a couple points off. some tend to swing a little more. >> well, here they are. here's the three areas he was talking about. boom towns, service workers centers which are older, poorer, and rural, and the mondey suburbs. romney under performed and obama over performed in boom tow
and if you look at this, for president obama versus john kerry, again looking at this through '04 and the 12 lens the president did the same thing. topped him by five points in the industrial metropolis counties and increased the campus centers by a point in those counties. in fact, it was not a surprise. according to the director of the patchwork nation project he was on the show back in july and here is what he said about where the election would be won and lost. >> i can tell you right...
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president obama has a clear message for speaker of the house john boehner. >> terrified of what you might say. your move, chief. >> the a.p. headline reads white house to gop, it's your move. it is a point treasure secretary timothy geithner made clear over and over and over again. >> we've laid out a very detailed plan of spending cuts, $600 billion in spending in mandatory programs over ten years. if they would like to go beyond that or do it differently they need to tell us what they propose and then tell us what makes sense to them. but what we can't do is try to figure out what makes sense for them. tell us what they like as a complement to that. we can't react to anything until we see doots he tails of a proposal. we can't figure out what they need. they have to tell us. >> house speaker john boehner isn't playing ball claiming the white house proposal is a joke. >> it's flabbergasted. you can't be serious. i've never seen anything like it. >> boehner insists that talks have broken down. >> right now i would say we're nowhere. period. we're nowhere. we've put a serious offer on the
president obama has a clear message for speaker of the house john boehner. >> terrified of what you might say. your move, chief. >> the a.p. headline reads white house to gop, it's your move. it is a point treasure secretary timothy geithner made clear over and over and over again. >> we've laid out a very detailed plan of spending cuts, $600 billion in spending in mandatory programs over ten years. if they would like to go beyond that or do it differently they need to tell us...
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neither are mike huckabee, bill clinton, neither of them are john edwards circa about 1998. they're not in that mold. both are trying to be because they know what's that works, but it's not a natural fit. certainly for mitt romney and not barack obama. >> for the bus trip, it might be reagan democrat. the question is, how is it going to play with swing voters and polls show this line of attack resonates with swing state voters. the latest quinnipiac poll, he's up by six in pennsylvania. the unemployment rate in both of those states is lower than the national average. what's the purpose of a bus trip in 2012 politics? >> i mean, some of it is pure symbolism, michael. i think the cake is largely baked when it comes to what people know about president obama and the economy. we've seen all these different things have happened and it's basically obama between 47 and 49 and romney between 45 and 48. there's not that many swing voters. to the extent there are, you want to do with that bus tour is man of the people. he's out there. he's not flying from place to place. he's taking a
neither are mike huckabee, bill clinton, neither of them are john edwards circa about 1998. they're not in that mold. both are trying to be because they know what's that works, but it's not a natural fit. certainly for mitt romney and not barack obama. >> for the bus trip, it might be reagan democrat. the question is, how is it going to play with swing voters and polls show this line of attack resonates with swing state voters. the latest quinnipiac poll, he's up by six in pennsylvania....
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you haven't been one of my closest partners you've become a great friend. >> john mccain and barack obama can agree on one thing how great hillary clinton is. john mccain there right off the top singing her praises. yom who has been out front ripping susan rice apart in front of the media over benghazi. why isn't he going after hilary? >> well, i think he's scared of her. i think many people are scared of her. hell i'm scared of her. hillary clinton is sitting at 70% approval ratings in the country right now. that's a far rise from where she was when she left as first lady and the same for bill clinton. his numbers are through the roof as well. i expect those numbers to come down as we get closer and closer 2016. if john mccain actually were concerned about what happened in benghazi he should be hauling secretary clinton up to the hill to have an inquiry. she's secretary of state. they are responsible for embassy security but he won't do it. >> jimmy, thank you. >>> the other reason that the rice fight matters host of escalating tensions throughout the middle east. israel is feeling heat
you haven't been one of my closest partners you've become a great friend. >> john mccain and barack obama can agree on one thing how great hillary clinton is. john mccain there right off the top singing her praises. yom who has been out front ripping susan rice apart in front of the media over benghazi. why isn't he going after hilary? >> well, i think he's scared of her. i think many people are scared of her. hell i'm scared of her. hillary clinton is sitting at 70% approval...
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john boehner has said i don't want any of the congressional leadership. it's me and you. >> seconds and thirds in there have cantor in there and mccarthy in there, some other people. >> i'm sure cantor would like to be in there. >> yes. >> michael steele, the other thing -- the other sort of pieces of leverage here, if they exist for the republican party, are continuing unemployment insurance. 2.1 million long-term unemployed americans will lose benefits at the end much the year. another million will lose benefits in the next three months if we do nothing. the republicans have sort of said we're going to hold this stuff. i'm not going to use the word hostage. we're going to keep this in our quiver until it's time. >> he used the word, what, last year. >> but it is another set of dollars that need to be spent in the conversation about spending, and i think a lot of republicans' frustration with the administration is that they haven't really gotten down, you've touched on entitlements a little bit, but they haven't gotten down to the nitty gritty of all the
john boehner has said i don't want any of the congressional leadership. it's me and you. >> seconds and thirds in there have cantor in there and mccarthy in there, some other people. >> i'm sure cantor would like to be in there. >> yes. >> michael steele, the other thing -- the other sort of pieces of leverage here, if they exist for the republican party, are continuing unemployment insurance. 2.1 million long-term unemployed americans will lose benefits at the end much...
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i was a john mccain delegate, and you mow, i was limited in a very small way to the early democratic primaries for the president by agreement, but i raised money for john mccain. i was the second leading vote getter to the republican national committee convention for john mccain and yeah, i'll wholeheartedly support governor romney and i think he'll be the nominee. >> president still a friend of yours? do you consider him a friend? >> he is. and, chuck, one of the things that americans, and i hear it every day because i'm campaigning out in the western suburbs, we can get along on some issues. president obama and i are never going to agree on social issues or obama care. i fought him on universal health care when he was a state senator in springfield, but there are things you can work on and i think we need a more decent, civil tone. my ad for the president limited by agreement to those early primaries was about an ethics bill that he worked out with my and any time a democrat was with me on a principle like ethics i'll say nice stuff about him. >> colleague of the president back in
i was a john mccain delegate, and you mow, i was limited in a very small way to the early democratic primaries for the president by agreement, but i raised money for john mccain. i was the second leading vote getter to the republican national committee convention for john mccain and yeah, i'll wholeheartedly support governor romney and i think he'll be the nominee. >> president still a friend of yours? do you consider him a friend? >> he is. and, chuck, one of the things that...
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in 2008 john mccain showed his frustration when he referred to barack obama as that one. let's listen. >> it was an energy bill on the floor of the senate loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies and it was sponsored by bush and cheney. you know who voted for it? that one. you know who voted against it? me. >> any way, what will be the clues to oh tell us in realtime who is winning? we'll go to a columnist for the washington post and mark halperin. i want be to start with dana. i love your attitude. any way, what's your first way of looking at this? how do you know who is winning? >> well, i'm watching it in the filing center. i'm going to do a grown and laugh index. if you're growning when the guy is talking, he's losing. if you're laughing, that's better. you can do that for yourself at home. if you're cringing, the guy is not winning. romney has set this up in terms of zingers. >> why does it get out that he couldn't sleep last night? everything seems to leak out of this campaign. is he landing the zingers or do they boomerang next to him? ultimately, i
in 2008 john mccain showed his frustration when he referred to barack obama as that one. let's listen. >> it was an energy bill on the floor of the senate loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies and it was sponsored by bush and cheney. you know who voted for it? that one. you know who voted against it? me. >> any way, what will be the clues to oh tell us in realtime who is winning? we'll go to a columnist for the washington post and mark halperin. i want be to start...